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- This invention relates to a process of decolorizing pulp and paper mill wastewater and, more specifically, to a process for treating wastewater effluent from a pulp or paper mill with a novel microorganism of the strain Pseudomonas aeruginosa whereby color bodies in the pulp and paper wastewater are thereby removed and the wastewater is decolorized.
- Pulp and paper mill wastewaters are generally obtained as a result of manufacturing processes for the preparation of wood pulp and paper. Due to the presence of organic and inorganic materials in such wastewaters rendering such wastewaters unsuitable for reuse and undesirable for release into the biosphere due to the pollution problems which result when they are discharged untreated, pulp and paper mill wastewaters are generally processed in biological treatment systems, for example, aerated lagoons or activated sludge systems, for removal of biodegradable organic matter prior to reuse or discharge to receiving bodies of water.
- biological treatment systems for example, aerated lagoons or activated sludge systems
- an object of this invention is to provide a process whereby pulp and paper mill wastewater effluent can be decolorized.
- Another object of this invention is to provide a biological process for treatment of pulp and paper mill wastewater effluent to not only remove biodegradable organic matter therefrom but to specifically reduce or decolorize pulp and paper mill wastewater.
- a further object of this invention is to provide a biological treating process for decolorizing pulp and paper mill wastewater using a novel mutant strain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
- An even further object of this invention is to provide a biological treatment process of pulp and paper mill wastewater to decolorize the same and render such suitable for discharge into the biosphere, thereby minimizing problems of pollution.
- an object of this invention is to provide a biological treatment process of pulp and paper mill wastewater to decolorize the same using a novel mutant microorganism which does not require the addition of carbohydrates to the system and which is well adapted to biological treatment systems.
- this invention provides a process of decolorizing pulp and paper mill wastewater which comprises treating wastewater effluent from a pulp or paper mill with a microorganism of the strain Pseudomonas aeruginosa 4-5-14.
- mutant strain The novel mutant Pseudomonas aeruginosa 4-5-14 (hereinafter "mutant strain”) was produced by mutation of a parent strain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolated from the soil surrounding a pulp and paper mill wastewater lagoon at a large Kraft paper mill located in Franklin, Virginia.
- This novel mutant strain has been found to be capable of decolorizing pulp and paper mill wastewater and has the characteristics described below.
- the mutant strain Pseudomonas aeruginosa 4-5-14 is a gram-negative, non-spore-forming rod.
- the cells are straight rods which have a single-polar flagellum, and the cells are motile. In culture, approximately 1% of the cells exist in the form of long filaments of greater than five cell units long.
- Kings Medium A described in E. O. King et al., J. Lab. & Clin. Med., Volume 44, No. 2, page 303 (1954
- Difco BACTO-Antibiotic Medium 3 (trade name produced by Difco Laboratories), solidified with agar at temperatures from 20°-40° C., a blue-green diffusible pigment is formed.
- a characteristic grape-like odor is given off by cultures of Pseudomonas aeruginosa 4-5-14 on complex media such as nutrient broth and nutrient agar, and on minimal salts-based media containing a carbon source such as glucose.
- the mutant strain Pseudomonas aeruginosa 4-5-14 is capable of growing on either a glucose or acetate containing minimal salts medium (Roy Curtiss, III, J. Bact., 89, pages 28-40 (1965)) containing ammonium ion as a nitrogen source, thus demonstrating the strain does not appear to require any growth factor or vitamin supplement.
- the mutant strain is an obligate aerobe, although growth is possible anaerobically in the presence of nitrate, in which case a gas is formed. On metabolism in the presence of nitrate, the mutant strain produces nitrate reductase. The cells of the mutant strain are incapable of accumulating poly- ⁇ -hydroxybutyric acid granules even though DL-hydroxybutyrate serves as a sole carbon source.
- a suitable growth temperature range is about 20°-41° C., with optimal growth occurring at 37° C. No growth is observed in ten days at 14° C.
- the strain displays arginine dihydrolase activity and is capable of gelatin hydrolysis.
- Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain PAO (ATCC 13525) was employed as a known type strain for characterization purposes.
- the strain On the basis of the morphological, cultural, and physiological characteristics set forth above, the strain has been identified as a member of the species, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and has been designated herein as Pseudomonas aeruginosa 4-5-14. A culture of the strain has been deposited in the American Type Culture Collection and has received an accession number, ATCC-31482.
- the parent strain from which the mutant strain was developed was isolated and grown on solidified agar medium containing Kraft paper mill black liquor waste diluted 50% by volume with water and fortified with 400 mg/l of ammonium sulfate and 80 mg/l of disodium phosphate.
- a single colony isolate showing the largest diameter and the darkest color indicating adsorption of color bodies was selected.
- This isolate was then subjected to a mutagenesis using 0.02% sodium nitrite at a pH of 6.5-6.8 as described by J. H. Miller, Experiments in Molecular Genetics, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, New York (1972), and ultraviolet treatment (12 in from the ultraviolet light source for 40 sec. at a wavelength of about 2650 A; ultraviolet light source: Hanovia Lethray Ultraviolet Lamp) in sequence.
- Isolates from the flask with the highest color removal were obtained and contacted with 8-azaguanine in an amount of 50 ppm in a liquid nutrient medium in shake flasks for 25 hours comprising 1% N-Z amine (hydrolyzed casein), 1% soy peptone, 0.3% D-glucose, 20% paper mill wastewater, with the pH adjusted to 6.8.
- the organism demonstrating the best color reduction was then grown in the liquid nutrient medium having the composition previously described additionally containing 50 ppm ethyleneimine, a mutagenic agent, for 18-28 hours as required for sufficient growth.
- the mutant strain Pseudomonas aeruginosa 4-5-14 can be employed alone or in combination with other microorganisms conventionally used in microbiological treatment of wastes.
- This invention also includes the use of any variants of Pseudomonas aeruginosa 4-5-14 alone or in combination.
- the mutant strain Pseudomonas aeruginosa 4-5-14 used in this invention can be cultured in wastewater from a pulp or paper mill either using a batch process, a semi-continuous process or a continuous process, and such is cultured for a time sufficient to degrade the colorant materials present in the wastewater and remove them or break them down into components capable of being degraded by other organisms normally found in biological wastewater treatment systems.
- the mutant strain of this invention can be employed in ion exchange resin treatment systems, in trickling filter systems, in carbon adsorption systems, in activated sludge treatment systems, in outdoor lagoons or pools, etc. Basically, all that is necessary is for the microorganism to be placed in a situation of contact with the wastewater effluent from a pulp or paper mill.
- the organism can be cultured at conditions of about 15° C. to about 40° C., preferably about 18° C. to about 37° C. Desirably, the pH is maintained in a range of about 6.0 to about 8.5, preferably 7.0 to 8.0. Control of the pH can be by monitoring of the system and an addition of appropriate pH adjusting materials to achieve this pH range.
- the culturing is conducted basically under aerobic conditions of a dissolved oxygen concentration of about 2 ppm or more, preferably about 5 ppm or more. These conditions can be simply achieved in any manner conventional in the art and appropriate to the treatment system design being employed. For example, air can be bubbled into the system, the system can be agitated, a trickling system can be employed, etc.
- the wastewater to be subjected to the process of this invention may contain sufficient nitrogen and phosphorus for culturing without the need for any additional source of nitrogen or phosphorus being added.
- suitable available nitrogen sources such as ammonia or an ammonium salt, e.g., ammonium sulfate, can be added to achieve an available nitrogen content of at least about 10 ppm or more per 100 BOD 5 .
- phosphorus can be supplemented, if necessary, by addition of orthophosphates, e.g., sodium phosphate, to achieve a phosphorus level in the wastewater of about 1 ppm or more per 100 BOD 5 .
- the treatment is conducted for a sufficient time to achieve the reduction in color desired and, in general, about 24 hours to about 8 weeks or longer, although this will depend upon the temperature of culturing, the liquor concentration and volume to be treated and other factors, has been found to be suitable.
- a biotower which basically was a trickling filter, was used.
- the biotower comprised a reservoir for a liquid and a column containing Pall rings of a plastic resin, with one end of the column being placed just above the liquid in the reservoir.
- a pump was submerged in the liquid reservoir for recycling liquid from the liquid reservoir through a tube to the top of the column for dispersion of the liquid down through the Pall ring packing.
- a slime layer of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa 4-5-14 was built up on the plastic ring media in the biotower by recycling a solution of 2% whey, 0.5% disodium phosphate and 0.1% NH 4 SO 4 in water inoculated with Pseudomonas aeruginosa 4-5-14.
- the biotower liquid reservoir was filled with Kraft black liquor wastewater which had been fortified with nitrogen and phosphorus using ammonium sulfate and disodium phosphate, respectively, to a concentration of 400 mg/l and 80 mg/l, respectively, and the fortified Kraft black liquor wastewater was cycled from the reservoir therefor through the column and recirculated. Periodic samples were removed from the reservoir for color measurement.
- Kraft black liquor wastewaters from two separate Kraft process mills were used employing the technique set forth above.
- One Kraft process wastewater designated hereinafter as “Wastewater A” was a bleached “ceded” wastewater which was high in color.
- the second wastewater designated hereinafter as “Wastewater B” was wastewater from an unbleached Kraft process, which was relatively low in color.
- the characteristics of these two Kraft process mill wastewaters are set forth in Table 7 below.
- the wastewater was recycled through the biotower with a turn-over time of the batch volume through the biotower approximating twelve times per hour.
- the initial color of the wastewater was 3,423 units and a 30% reduction was observed during the first six hours of operation.
- Wastewater C wastewater from a paper mill with different characteristics
- the washed cells of Psuedomonas aeruginosa 4-5-14 used above were prepared by soaking five grams of wheat bran containing Pseudomonas aeruginosa 4-5-14 in 150 ml of water over night. The supernatant was decanted and centrifuged at 10,500 ⁇ G and the cell pellet obtained was resuspended in distilled water with any existing solids present settling out. The supernatant was decanted and centrifuged and the pellet was used to inoculate the wastewater employed.
- the color of Wastewater C before and after treatment was analyzed by diluting 4 ml of Wastewater C in 10 ml of pH 7.6 phosphate buffer (14 ml in total). This diluted sample was mixed well and centrifuged at 10500 ⁇ G for thirty minutes, which is equivalent to filtration through a 0.8 micron filter. The color of the supernatant obtained was read as percent transmission at 465 millimicrons blanked against a pH 7.6 phosphate buffer comprising 13 mls of a solution of 0.089 g/l KH 2 PO 4 plus 86.8 mls of a solution of 11.889 g/l Na 2 HPO 4 .2H 2 O. The color concentration was determined using the following relationship.
- a sample of a wastewater from another paper company (designated hereinafter as "Wastewater D") was employed. 100 ml aliquots were placed in shake flasks and treated with 0.25 grams of Pseudomonas aeruginosa 4-5-14 culture. Culturing was conducted in the shake flask while shaking at a temperature of 20° C. for six days.
- strain Pseudomonas aeruginosa 4-5-14 of this invention can be effectively used in treating wastewater effluent from pulp and paper processes in an effective manner.
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Abstract
A process of decolorizing pulp and paper mill wastewater comprising treating wastewater effluent from a pulp or paper mill with a novel microbial strain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa under aerobic conditions.
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1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to a process of decolorizing pulp and paper mill wastewater and, more specifically, to a process for treating wastewater effluent from a pulp or paper mill with a novel microorganism of the strain Pseudomonas aeruginosa whereby color bodies in the pulp and paper wastewater are thereby removed and the wastewater is decolorized.
2. Description of the Prior Art
Pulp and paper mill wastewaters are generally obtained as a result of manufacturing processes for the preparation of wood pulp and paper. Due to the presence of organic and inorganic materials in such wastewaters rendering such wastewaters unsuitable for reuse and undesirable for release into the biosphere due to the pollution problems which result when they are discharged untreated, pulp and paper mill wastewaters are generally processed in biological treatment systems, for example, aerated lagoons or activated sludge systems, for removal of biodegradable organic matter prior to reuse or discharge to receiving bodies of water.
While the biological processes occurring during such a biological treatment provide the ability to produce effluent which has both low biological oxygen demand (BOD) and low chemical oxygen demand (COD), unfortunately, conventionally employed biological treatment systems accomplish very little, if any, reduction in color of the pulp and paper mill wastewater when the pulp and paper wastewater is so treated. for example, trickling filters have been recommended by governmental environmental regulatory agencies for use in processing wastewater effluent from pulp and paper mills. However, no color removal has been achieved (see H. T. Chen et al., "Four Biological Systems for Treating Integrated Paper Mill Effluent," TAPPI, 57, 5 (11-115) (1974)).
Also, a system comprising plastic disks on a single shaft which is rotated (as disclosed in D. J. Bennett et al., "Pilot Application of the Rotating Biological Surface Concept for Secondary Treatment of Insulating Board Mill Effluents," TAPPI, 56, 12 (182-187) (1973) and an activated sludge treatment using oxygen instead of air (as disclosed in R. J. Grader et al., "The Activated Sludge Process Using High-Purity for Treating Kraft Mill Wastewater," TAPPI, 56, 4 (103-107) (1973)) have been used, but no reduction in color of paper mill waste has been reported using either system. In some instances, it has been observed that an increase in true color in actuality occurs.
From this observed result, it is apparent that the aerobic bacteria typically present in such treatment systems are not capable of utilizing the color bodies which are present in the wastewater from pulp and paper processing as a source of food. Even with the well-known ability and adaptability of bacteria to adjust to and utilize new substrates as food sources, thus far the development of bacteria capable of reducing color in pulp and paper mill wastewater effluent has not been reported.
Whereas regulatory guidelines for paper mill waste color have not been set forth, much work has been done to evaluate the various physical-chemical methods for removing color, such as lime precipitation, resin separation, activated carbon adsorption, and ozonation, all with varied degrees of success and in all cases involving high cost for initial capital equipment and ongoing operating and maintenance expenditures. Refer to review article for chemical physical methods, "Current Status of the Effluent Decolorization Problem," by Isiah Gellman and Herbert F. Berger. TAPPI, volume 57, No. 9 (September 1974).
With the increasing concern as to minimization of the problems arising from pollution, biological processes utilizing microorganisms are being industrially employed in an increasing amount, and a large amount of activity in research and development is occurring presently to develop new microbial strains capable of use in wastewater treatment both industrially and domestically. Even with this increased activity in investigating and developing strains of microorganisms to solve particular waste removal problems, no reduction in color which exists in effluent wastewater from pulp and paper mills has been achieved.
In the past, Polyporus versicolor has been used to degrade color bodies in paper mill effluent, but such was in the presence of carbohydrates. However, no significant reduction was seen in the absence of carbohydrates (e.g., as disclosed in Marton and Stern, "Decolorization of Kraft Black Liquor with Polyporus versicolor, a White Fungus," TAPPI, 52, 10 (1969)). Furthermore, filamentous organisms such as Polyporus versicolor are impractical for use in biological treatment systems.
Accordingly, an object of this invention is to provide a process whereby pulp and paper mill wastewater effluent can be decolorized.
Another object of this invention is to provide a biological process for treatment of pulp and paper mill wastewater effluent to not only remove biodegradable organic matter therefrom but to specifically reduce or decolorize pulp and paper mill wastewater.
A further object of this invention is to provide a biological treating process for decolorizing pulp and paper mill wastewater using a novel mutant strain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
An even further object of this invention is to provide a biological treatment process of pulp and paper mill wastewater to decolorize the same and render such suitable for discharge into the biosphere, thereby minimizing problems of pollution.
Also, an object of this invention is to provide a biological treatment process of pulp and paper mill wastewater to decolorize the same using a novel mutant microorganism which does not require the addition of carbohydrates to the system and which is well adapted to biological treatment systems.
In one embodiment of this invention, this invention provides a process of decolorizing pulp and paper mill wastewater which comprises treating wastewater effluent from a pulp or paper mill with a microorganism of the strain Pseudomonas aeruginosa 4-5-14.
The novel mutant Pseudomonas aeruginosa 4-5-14 (hereinafter "mutant strain") was produced by mutation of a parent strain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolated from the soil surrounding a pulp and paper mill wastewater lagoon at a large Kraft paper mill located in Franklin, Virginia.
This novel mutant strain has been found to be capable of decolorizing pulp and paper mill wastewater and has the characteristics described below.
The mutant strain Pseudomonas aeruginosa 4-5-14 is a gram-negative, non-spore-forming rod. The cells are straight rods which have a single-polar flagellum, and the cells are motile. In culture, approximately 1% of the cells exist in the form of long filaments of greater than five cell units long. On Kings Medium A (described in E. O. King et al., J. Lab. & Clin. Med., Volume 44, No. 2, page 303 (1954), and on Difco BACTO-Antibiotic Medium 3 (trade name produced by Difco Laboratories), solidified with agar at temperatures from 20°-40° C., a blue-green diffusible pigment is formed. A characteristic grape-like odor is given off by cultures of Pseudomonas aeruginosa 4-5-14 on complex media such as nutrient broth and nutrient agar, and on minimal salts-based media containing a carbon source such as glucose.
The mutant strain Pseudomonas aeruginosa 4-5-14 is capable of growing on either a glucose or acetate containing minimal salts medium (Roy Curtiss, III, J. Bact., 89, pages 28-40 (1965)) containing ammonium ion as a nitrogen source, thus demonstrating the strain does not appear to require any growth factor or vitamin supplement.
The mutant strain is an obligate aerobe, although growth is possible anaerobically in the presence of nitrate, in which case a gas is formed. On metabolism in the presence of nitrate, the mutant strain produces nitrate reductase. The cells of the mutant strain are incapable of accumulating poly-β-hydroxybutyric acid granules even though DL-hydroxybutyrate serves as a sole carbon source.
A suitable growth temperature range is about 20°-41° C., with optimal growth occurring at 37° C. No growth is observed in ten days at 14° C. The strain displays arginine dihydrolase activity and is capable of gelatin hydrolysis.
Other cultural characterstics and colonial morphology of this mutant strain are shown in Tables 1-6 below.
In the following tables, Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain PAO (ATCC 13525) was employed as a known type strain for characterization purposes.
TABLE 1
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MICROSCOPIC MORPHOLOGY
STRAIN
PSEUDOMONAS
CHARACTERISTIC AERUGINOSA* 4-5-14
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Cell Size*
Length 1.5-3.0 1.5-3.0
Width 0.5-0.8 0.5-0.8
Gram Reaction Negative rod Negative
rod
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*Wet mounts of tenhour cultures (late exponential phase) viewed under
phase contrast (1000×). Sizes given in micrometers.
**Data from Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 8th Ed., The
Williams & Wilkins Co., Baltimore (1974).
TABLE 2 ______________________________________ COLONIAL CHARACTERISTICS OF PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA 4-5-14 (After 48 Hours At 35° C.) ______________________________________ Plate Count Agar Circular, flat colonies with a wrinkled surface and slightly undulate edge. Colonies are white, transparent and 5-7 mm in diameter. No pigments are produced after 48 hours. Nutrient Agar Circular, umbonate colonies with a wrinkled surface and slightly undulate edge. Colorless colonies are transparent with an opaque center and are 5-7 mm in diameter. No pigments are produced. Hektoen Enteric Agar Slightly irregular colonies are flat, rough, green, -with an undulate edge. These transparent colonies are 3-8 mm in diameter. No pigments are produced. Pseudosel Agar Circular, convex colonies are smooth, white, have an entire edge, are opaque, 1-1.5 mm in diameter, and produce a blue-green diffusible fluorescent pigment. Trypticase Soy Agar Colonies are circular, slightly umbonate, wrinkled, with a slight undulate edge. They are somewhat transparent, 2-3 mm in diameter, white, and produce a yellow diffusible fluorescent pigment. ______________________________________ NOTE: Plate Count Agar and Hektoen Enteric Agar are products of Difco Laboratories. Pseudosel Agar, Nutrient Agar and Trypticase Soy Agar are products of Baltimore Biological Laboratories.
TABLE 3
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UTILIZATION OF CARBON-
CONTAINING COMPOUNDS FOR GROWTH
GROWTH RESPONSE**
PSEUDOMONAS
COMPOUND* AERUGINOSA 4-5-14
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Carbohydrates (&
Sugar Derivatives)
Cellulose + +
L-Arabinose -
D-Ribose - -
D-Glucose +
Sucrose -
Trehalose -
D-Cellobiose - -
Xylose - -
Organic Acids
Acetate +
Propionate - -
Butyrate ±
Isobutyrate - -
Valerate - -
Caproate - -
Heptanoate - -
Caprate - -
Stearate + +
Dicarboxylic Acids
Maleate + +
Malonate - -
Succinate - -
Glutarate - -
Saccharate -
Hydroxyacids
L-Malate - -
DLβ-Hydroxybutyrate +
DL-Lactate - -
DL-Glycerate + +
Miscellaneous
Organic Acids
Citrate - -
Ketoglutarate - -
Pyruvate + +
Polyhydric Alcohols
and Glycols
Mannitol + +
Glycerol + +
Propyleneglycol +
m-Inositol -
Sorbitol -
Alcohols
Ethanol +
n-Propanol + +
n-Butanol ± +
Non-Nitrogenous
Aromatic And Other
Cylic Compounds
Benzoate - -
Aliphatic Amino Acids
Lα-Alanine
+ +
Dα-Alanine
+ +
Alanine +
L-Leucine + +
L-Aspartate + +
L-Glutamate + +
L-Lysine + +
DL-Arginine +
L-Valine -
Glycine -
Asparagine + +
Amino Acids And
Related Compounds
Containing A
Ring Structure
L-Histidine + +
L-Proline + +
L-Tyrosine - ±
Miscellaneous
Nitrogenous Compounds
Betaine + +
Sarcosine - -
Acetamide + +
Glucosamine - -
Detergents***
Igepal CO 520 ± -
(2000 mg/l)
Igepal CO 610 ± -
(2000 mg/l)
Igepal CO 660 ± -
(2000 mg/l)
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*Compound added at 0.5% to minimal salts medium (Curtiss (1965)).
** + indicates growth greater than blank; - indicates growth less than
that of blank; ± indicates growth approximately equal to blank or weak
growth, after 7 days at 30° C.
***Trade name for a nonionic nonyl phenolethylene oxide condensate
produced by GAF.
TABLE 4
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UTILIZATION OF NITROGENOUS
COMPOUNDS AS SOLE NITROGEN SOURCE
GROWTH RESPONSE**
PSEUDOMONAS
COMPOUND* AERUGINOSA 4-5-14
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NH.sub.4 Cl - -
KNO.sub.3 - -
L-Glutamate + +
L-Aspartate - -
L-Alanine - ±
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*Compound added at 0.5 g/100 ml to minimal salts medium (Curtiss (1965)
but without NH.sub.4 Cl and NH.sub.4 NO.sub.3) consisting of 0.5 g of
Dglucose/100 ml.
** + indicates growth greater than blank; - indicates growth less than
that of blank; ± indicates growth approximately equal to blank or weak
growth, after 7 days at 30° C.
TABLE 5
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CULTURE GROWTH IN PRESENCE OF HEAVY METALS
STRAIN RESPONSE**
CONCEN- PSEUDOMONAS
HEAVY METAL*
TRATION AERUGINOSA 4-5-14
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HgSO.sub.4 2 × 10.sup.-3 M
- -
10.sup.-3 M
- +
10.sup.-4 M
- +
10.sup.-5 M
+ +
CdCl.sub.2 2 × 10.sup.-3 M
- -
10.sup.-3 M
- -
10.sup.-4 M
+ +
10.sup.-5 M
+ +
CoCl.sub.2 2 × 10.sup.-3 M
- -
10.sup.-3 M
- +
10.sup.-4 M
+ +
10.sup.-5 M
+ +
AgSO.sub.4 2 × 10.sup.-3 M
- -
10.sup.-3 M
- -
10.sup.-4 M
- -
10.sup.-5 M
- -
Na.sub.2 HAsO.sub.4
2 × -10.sup.-3 M +
10.sup.-3 M
+ +
10.sup.-4 M
+ +
10.sup.-5 M
+ +
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*Heavy metal added to minimal salts medium containing (0.5%) Dglucose
(Curtiss (1965)).
**Growth response scored as + indicates growth (no inhibition); -
indicates no growth (inhibition).
TABLE 6
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RESISTANCE TO ANTIBIOTICS
STRAIN GROWTH RESPONSE
ANTIBIOTIC 4-5-14
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Ampicillin R*
Carbenicillin S
Cephalothin R
Chloramphenicol
R
Coly-mycin S
Gentamicin S
Kanamycin R
Mandol R
Streptomycin R
Tobramycin S
Tetracycline R
Amikacin S
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*Growth response on Pfizer Antimicrobial Susceptibility Disks; Pfizer,
Inc. scored: S = sensitive to antibiotic; R = resistant to antibiotic; I
intermediate.
On the basis of the morphological, cultural, and physiological characteristics set forth above, the strain has been identified as a member of the species, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and has been designated herein as Pseudomonas aeruginosa 4-5-14. A culture of the strain has been deposited in the American Type Culture Collection and has received an accession number, ATCC-31482.
As indicated above, the parent strain from which the mutant strain was developed was isolated and grown on solidified agar medium containing Kraft paper mill black liquor waste diluted 50% by volume with water and fortified with 400 mg/l of ammonium sulfate and 80 mg/l of disodium phosphate. A single colony isolate showing the largest diameter and the darkest color indicating adsorption of color bodies was selected.
This isolate was then subjected to a mutagenesis using 0.02% sodium nitrite at a pH of 6.5-6.8 as described by J. H. Miller, Experiments in Molecular Genetics, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, New York (1972), and ultraviolet treatment (12 in from the ultraviolet light source for 40 sec. at a wavelength of about 2650 A; ultraviolet light source: Hanovia Lethray Ultraviolet Lamp) in sequence.
An individually treated colony from each isolate was then inoculated into a liquid water solution containing 50% paper mill wastewater fortified with the above-described amounts of ammonium sulfate and disodium phosphate. Subsequently, an assay for color reduction in shake flasks after 3.5 and 5 days was conducted.
The color in each flask was measured before and after the assay period using the NCASI process ("An Investigation of Improved Procedures for Measurement of Mill Effluent and Receiving Water Color," NCASI Technical Bulletin #253 (December 1971)).
Isolates from the flask with the highest color removal were obtained and contacted with 8-azaguanine in an amount of 50 ppm in a liquid nutrient medium in shake flasks for 25 hours comprising 1% N-Z amine (hydrolyzed casein), 1% soy peptone, 0.3% D-glucose, 20% paper mill wastewater, with the pH adjusted to 6.8. The organism demonstrating the best color reduction was then grown in the liquid nutrient medium having the composition previously described additionally containing 50 ppm ethyleneimine, a mutagenic agent, for 18-28 hours as required for sufficient growth. This was then streaked onto selective agar, undiluted paper mill wastewater containing, as basic salts, 400 ppm (NH4)2 SO4 and 80 ppm disodium phosphate, with agar to solidify. The largest colonies were assayed for color reduction and ability to grow in 100% Kraft paper mill black liquor. The colony isolated and found to be the best in terms of growth and decolorization was selected and, as indicated above, was found to be a novel strain of the species Pseudomonas aeruginosa and is designated herein as Pseudomonas aeruginosa 4-5-14.
The mutant strain Pseudomonas aeruginosa 4-5-14 can be employed alone or in combination with other microorganisms conventionally used in microbiological treatment of wastes. This invention also includes the use of any variants of Pseudomonas aeruginosa 4-5-14 alone or in combination.
The mutant strain Pseudomonas aeruginosa 4-5-14 used in this invention can be cultured in wastewater from a pulp or paper mill either using a batch process, a semi-continuous process or a continuous process, and such is cultured for a time sufficient to degrade the colorant materials present in the wastewater and remove them or break them down into components capable of being degraded by other organisms normally found in biological wastewater treatment systems.
The mutant strain of this invention can be employed in ion exchange resin treatment systems, in trickling filter systems, in carbon adsorption systems, in activated sludge treatment systems, in outdoor lagoons or pools, etc. Basically, all that is necessary is for the microorganism to be placed in a situation of contact with the wastewater effluent from a pulp or paper mill. In order to degrade the material present in the wastewater, the organism can be cultured at conditions of about 15° C. to about 40° C., preferably about 18° C. to about 37° C. Desirably, the pH is maintained in a range of about 6.0 to about 8.5, preferably 7.0 to 8.0. Control of the pH can be by monitoring of the system and an addition of appropriate pH adjusting materials to achieve this pH range.
The culturing is conducted basically under aerobic conditions of a dissolved oxygen concentration of about 2 ppm or more, preferably about 5 ppm or more. These conditions can be simply achieved in any manner conventional in the art and appropriate to the treatment system design being employed. For example, air can be bubbled into the system, the system can be agitated, a trickling system can be employed, etc.
The wastewater to be subjected to the process of this invention may contain sufficient nitrogen and phosphorus for culturing without the need for any additional source of nitrogen or phosphorus being added. However, in the event the wastewater is deficient in these two compoents, suitable available nitrogen sources, such as ammonia or an ammonium salt, e.g., ammonium sulfate, can be added to achieve an available nitrogen content of at least about 10 ppm or more per 100 BOD5. Similarly, phosphorus can be supplemented, if necessary, by addition of orthophosphates, e.g., sodium phosphate, to achieve a phosphorus level in the wastewater of about 1 ppm or more per 100 BOD5. In general, the treatment is conducted for a sufficient time to achieve the reduction in color desired and, in general, about 24 hours to about 8 weeks or longer, although this will depend upon the temperature of culturing, the liquor concentration and volume to be treated and other factors, has been found to be suitable.
In the above manner, difficultly degradable color bodies, as well as other organic compounds which might be present in such wastewater streams, can be advantageously treated to provide treated wastewater suitable for discharge after any additional conventional processing such as settling, chlorination, etc. into rivers and streams.
In order to further demonstrate the effectiveness of the strain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa 4-5-14, the following examples are given as exemplary of the invention but without intending to limit the same. Unless otherwise indicated herein, all parts, percents, ratios and the like are by weight.
A biotower, which basically was a trickling filter, was used. The biotower comprised a reservoir for a liquid and a column containing Pall rings of a plastic resin, with one end of the column being placed just above the liquid in the reservoir. A pump was submerged in the liquid reservoir for recycling liquid from the liquid reservoir through a tube to the top of the column for dispersion of the liquid down through the Pall ring packing. A slime layer of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa 4-5-14 was built up on the plastic ring media in the biotower by recycling a solution of 2% whey, 0.5% disodium phosphate and 0.1% NH4 SO4 in water inoculated with Pseudomonas aeruginosa 4-5-14.
After the slime layer had been developed in the manner described above, the biotower liquid reservoir was filled with Kraft black liquor wastewater which had been fortified with nitrogen and phosphorus using ammonium sulfate and disodium phosphate, respectively, to a concentration of 400 mg/l and 80 mg/l, respectively, and the fortified Kraft black liquor wastewater was cycled from the reservoir therefor through the column and recirculated. Periodic samples were removed from the reservoir for color measurement.
Kraft black liquor wastewaters from two separate Kraft process mills were used employing the technique set forth above. One Kraft process wastewater (designated hereinafter as "Wastewater A") was a bleached "ceded" wastewater which was high in color. The second wastewater (designated hereinafter as "Wastewater B") was wastewater from an unbleached Kraft process, which was relatively low in color. The characteristics of these two Kraft process mill wastewaters are set forth in Table 7 below.
TABLE 7
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CHARACTERIZATION OF KRAFT
PROCESS WASTEWATERS
SAMPLE LOCATION
pH COLOR BOD COD
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A. Industrial Site #1 Bleached
Inflow ASB 6.35 1780 250-300
Outflow ASB 6.7 2090 30-60
Lagoon (Sample 1)
6.9 2623
(Sample 2) 6.9 3942 20-40
B. Industrial Site #2 Unbleached
Mill Effluent 7.5 590 500 6000
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ASB = Aerated Stabilization Basin.
The wastewater was recycled through the biotower with a turn-over time of the batch volume through the biotower approximating twelve times per hour. The initial color of the wastewater was 3,423 units and a 30% reduction was observed during the first six hours of operation.
It was found that the color reduction was substantially linear over the six-hour period. The color reduction rate sharply decreased after the six-hour period, decreasing 16% more to a value of 1,848 color units during the next forty hours. In additional batch runs, an initial drop of 30% in color concentration of Wastewater A was obtained during the first four to seventeen hours and an additional drop of 16-24% with further recycling of Wastewater A.
Similar procedures were performed using Wastewater B. An approximately linear decrease in color over a period of 25 hours occurred for a total reduction of 54% to a value of 260 color units.
In this example, wastewater from a paper mill with different characteristics (designated hereinafter as "Wastewater C") was employed.
To evaluate the ability of the strain Pseudomonas aeruginosa 4-5-14 of this invention to decolorize such wastewater, two 1-liter Imhoff cones equipped with an air sparging stone at the bottom thereof were employed. The cones were filled with one liter of the Wastewater C and treated by sparging air through the Wastewater C at a moderate rate. No additional nutrients or substances were added during the course of the testing.
Two tests were conducted, one a control and the second using washed cells of Pseudomonas aeruginosa 4-5-14.
The washed cells of Psuedomonas aeruginosa 4-5-14 used above were prepared by soaking five grams of wheat bran containing Pseudomonas aeruginosa 4-5-14 in 150 ml of water over night. The supernatant was decanted and centrifuged at 10,500×G and the cell pellet obtained was resuspended in distilled water with any existing solids present settling out. The supernatant was decanted and centrifuged and the pellet was used to inoculate the wastewater employed.
The color of Wastewater C before and after treatment was analyzed by diluting 4 ml of Wastewater C in 10 ml of pH 7.6 phosphate buffer (14 ml in total). This diluted sample was mixed well and centrifuged at 10500×G for thirty minutes, which is equivalent to filtration through a 0.8 micron filter. The color of the supernatant obtained was read as percent transmission at 465 millimicrons blanked against a pH 7.6 phosphate buffer comprising 13 mls of a solution of 0.089 g/l KH2 PO4 plus 86.8 mls of a solution of 11.889 g/l Na2 HPO4.2H2 O. The color concentration was determined using the following relationship.
Color=(1.9960-Log [% Transmission])×(3626)
The results obtained in terms of time of treatment are set forth below, both for the control and the washed cells of Pseudomonas aeruginosa 4-5-14.
TABLE 8
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COLOR
HOURS RUN CONTROL WASHED CELLS
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0 790 790
24 780 469
72 654 349
96 681 445
144 645 422
264 648 417
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The results obtained above demonstrate that the culture of Pseudomonas aeruginosa 4-5-14 was effective to remove color from Wastewater C. More specifically, the results show that the culture of Pseudomonas aeruginosa 4-5-14 was effective in removing 35% of the color from Wastewater C.
A sample of a wastewater from another paper company (designated hereinafter as "Wastewater D") was employed. 100 ml aliquots were placed in shake flasks and treated with 0.25 grams of Pseudomonas aeruginosa 4-5-14 culture. Culturing was conducted in the shake flask while shaking at a temperature of 20° C. for six days.
The following results were obtained.
TABLE 9
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COD COLOR
SAMPLE (mg/l) (COLOR UNITS)
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Untreated 1365 1990
Treated 1068 1468
% Reduction 22% 26%
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The above results demonstrate that the color value was reduced by a factor of 26%.
From the above results, it can be seen that the strain Pseudomonas aeruginosa 4-5-14 of this invention can be effectively used in treating wastewater effluent from pulp and paper processes in an effective manner.
While the invention has been described in detail and with reference to specific embodiments thereof, it will be apparent to one skilled in the art that various modifications and changes may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope thereof.
Claims (4)
1. A process of decolorizing pulp and paper mill wastewater comprising treating wastewater effluent from a pulp or paper mill with Pseudomonas aeruginosa 4-5-14, ATCC-31482, under aerobic conditions.
2. The process of claim 1, wherein said treating is by culturing said Pseudomonas aeruginosa 4-5-14, ATCC-31482, with said wastewater effluent in a batch, semi-continuous or continuous manner.
3. The process of claim 1, wherein said treating of said wastewater effluent with said Pseudomonas aeruginosa 4-5-14, ATCC-31482, is at a temperature of about 15° C. to about 40° C. at a pH of about 6.0 to about 8.5 and at a dissolved oxygen concentration of about 2 ppm or more.
4. The process of claim 1, wherein said wastewater effluent additionally contains added sources of nitrogen and/or phosphorus.
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